Challenge 0:The overview of the 12 principles of animation

LIST OF 12 PRINCIPLES

1. Appeal(Quality&Personality)

bring the character to life

2. Staging/Storytelling

3. Solid Drawing&Posting

4. Timing&Spacing

5. Anticipation(Expectation）

Anticipation helps communicate actions to the audience by preparing them for the next action.

6. Squash & Stretch

to give more personality

7. Overlap & Follow through

8. Exaggeration

9. Straight ahead action and pose to pose

10. Slow in and slow out

11. Arc

12. Secondary action

THE FURTHER RESOURCE

IN CONCLUSION

1. 12 principles of animation are just good guides, and don’t fully encompass 3D animation in moderen age.
2. The answers are all around you, and animators often have much longer or ‘rethought’ lists based upon their personal experience.